THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1189

was appointed a polling-place for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Rodney:
And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-named
polling-place for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives for the Electoral District
of Rodney.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, at Wel-
lington, this twenty-second day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant abolishing Polling-place.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

And whereas by warrant under the hand of the
Governor, bearing date the sixth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Leithfield,
was appointed a polling-place for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Ashley:
And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-named
polling-place for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives for the Electoral District
of Ashley.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, at Wel-
lington, this twenty-second day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant appointing Polling-places.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1870," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand,
from time to time to appoint polling-places for each
electoral district within or within one mile of the
limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such polling-
places to be the principal polling-place for the dis-
trict, and all or any of such polling-places from time
to time to abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint
other polling-places in lieu of those abolished, and
that every such warrant shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette: Provided always that no
polling-place shall be appointed by the Governor
under the said Act, unless he shall be first satisfied
that the place to be appointed is more convenient
than any other for at least twenty electors to record
their votes thereat:

Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby appoint the following places
to be polling-places for the electoral district herein-
after specified, for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives, namely:-

For the Electoral District of Rodney-
Mr. Brunton's House, Orewa Falls.
The Schoolhouse, Tauhoa.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, at Wel-
lington, this twenty-second day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant appointing Polling-places.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1870," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from time
to time to appoint polling-places for each electoral
district within or within one mile of the limits thereof,
and to appoint any one of such polling-places to be
the principal polling-place for the district, and all or
any of such polling-places from time to time to
abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint other polling-
places in lieu of those abolished, and that every such
warrant shall be published in the New Zealand
Gazette: Provided always that no polling-place shall
be appointed by the Governor under the said Act,
unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be
appointed is more convenient than any other for at
least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by